KDLL Evening Newscast

Absentee ballots change the outcome of a Kenai Peninsula school board race. State school board members send a proposed local funding regulation change back to the state. Plus, a popular Homer roadside landmark gets a new home in a community park.

Homer Electric Association restores power to more than 6,000 customers after strong winds on Wednesday. Amid a spike in federal immigration arrests, Alaskans brainstorm ways to support detainees and their families. Plus, a renaissance fair returns to Homer.

Federal funding for a program that subsidizes rural air service will continue for now despite the federal government shutdown. Plus, Alaska LNG Project developers meet with residents in Nikiski.

Preliminary local election results are in. Plus, a new group of state lawmakers asks whether Alaska's workforce is ready for a project like the Alaska LNG pipeline.

Peninsula voters take to the polls on Election Day. Plus, the Alaska Department of Public Safety updates its unsolved homicide case list.

An Anchor Point man is sentenced after firing at two health care nonprofits. A popular climber from Anchorage dies after a fall in Yosemite National Park. The state says it has enough reserves to cover a federal food program during the government shutdown, for now. Plus, a new report shows an uptick in whale entanglements.

The federal government shutdown shutters operations around the Kenai Peninsula. A lawsuit challenging Alaska's homeschool allotment program moves forward. Plus, Fat Bear Week has a new champion.

Soldotna vies to host an Alaska Municipal League conference. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game offers insights into how moose become entangled in things like Christmas lights, especially during rutting season. Plus, reporters and editors at the Kenai Peninsula's two newspapers resign in protest after editorial interference in a story by their corporate owner.

Seward residents debate the future of the city-owned electric utility — again. Plus, what would a federal government shutdown mean for Alaska?

Three candidates will be on the ballot for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly's Soldotna seat. University of Alaska Anchorage researchers seeks proposals for community projects that would benefit from artificial intelligence. Plus, thousands of Alaskans could see health insurance subsidies go up absent Congressional intervention.